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title: "23 Teach Write Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [I wouldn't have wanted anyone to teach me how to write. That's my own taste. I prefer to stumble on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-wouldn-t-have-wanted-anyone-to-teach-me-how-to-write-that-s-my-own/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [It's hard for me to teach and write my own work at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-king/it-s-hard-for-me-to-teach-and-write-my-own-work-at-the-same-time/)

[Owen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-king/)

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> [“I can’t teach you how to write, and anybody who says they can is full of shit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-moody/i-can-t-teach-you-how-to-write-and-anybody-who-says-they-can-is-full/)

[Hank Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-moody/)

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> [If you yourself don't know how to carry pencil, don't wish someone to teach you to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voeun-tivea/if-you-yourself-don-t-know-how-to-carry-pencil-don-t-wish-someone-to/)

[Voeun Tivea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voeun-tivea/)

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> [“No one can teach you how to write. A writer writes, plain and simple. You improve by doing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-ciencin/no-one-can-teach-you-how-to-write-a-writer-writes-plain-and-simple/)

[Scott Ciencin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-ciencin/)

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> [“It has ever been my delight to learn or to teach or to write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-the-venerable/it-has-ever-been-my-delight-to-learn-or-to-teach-or-to-write/)

[Bede the Venerable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-the-venerable/)

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> [It's all the same for me, how I teach, how I write, how I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-beatty/it-s-all-the-same-for-me-how-i-teach-how-i-write-how-i-think/)

[Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-beatty/)

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> [“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-difficult-to-teach-how-to-write-novels-but-teaching-swimming-is/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Many writers can't make a living. So to be able to teach how to write is valuable to them. But I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/many-writers-can-t-make-a-living-so-to-be-able-to-teach-how-to-write/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [I think I am a tough grader, because I feel like it's my job to teach them to write well. I hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-biden/i-think-i-am-a-tough-grader-because-i-feel-like-it-s-my-job-to-teach/)

[Jill Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-biden/)

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> [I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-zinsser/i-have-no-interest-in-teaching-writers-how-to-sell-i-want-to-teach/)

[William Zinsser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-zinsser/)

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> [I think it's important to let each thing you write teach you how to write it. You must listen to what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-alexander-essbaum/i-think-it-s-important-to-let-each-thing-you-write-teach-you-how-to/)

[Jill Alexander Essbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-alexander-essbaum/)

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> [I fundamentally believe that no one can teach you how to write - finding out how to write a story is part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/i-fundamentally-believe-that-no-one-can-teach-you-how-to-write/)

[Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/)

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> [I say to my students that I can't teach them how to write a good song, but I can teach you how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/i-say-to-my-students-that-i-can-t-teach-them-how-to-write-a-good-song/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

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> [It's good for people to be able to see an archive of an artist learning how to write and getting better, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-cosmos/it-s-good-for-people-to-be-able-to-see-an-archive-of-an-artist/)

[Frankie Cosmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-cosmos/)

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> [People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/people-always-say-can-writing-be-taught-i-always-think-i-can-teach/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [The fastest way to teach a child to read is to teach them to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mem-fox/the-fastest-way-to-teach-a-child-to-read-is-to-teach-them-to-write/)

[Mem Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mem-fox/)

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> [“... no matter how we go about it, we are never poorer for the experiences that teach us how to write our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tania-aebi/no-matter-how-we-go-about-it-we-are-never-poorer-for-the-experiences/)

[Tania Aebi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tania-aebi/)

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> [No one can help you write. No one can teach you how to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-gilroy/no-one-can-help-you-write-no-one-can-teach-you-how-to-write/)

[Tony Gilroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-gilroy/)

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> [It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-mann/it-s-very-hard-to-teach-someone-how-to-write-a-song-if-to-begin-with/)

[Barry Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-mann/)

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> [Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-friedman/writing-teaches-writing-your-writing-will-teach-you-how-to-write-if/)

[Bonnie Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-friedman/)

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> [“Read, so as to know; speak, so as to teach; write, so as to think!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/read-so-as-to-know-speak-so-as-to-teach-write-so-as-to-think/)

[Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [Every story teaches me how to write it. Unfortunately, it doesn't teach me how to write the next one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/every-story-teaches-me-how-to-write-it-unfortunately-it-doesn-t-teach/)

[Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/)

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